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Roman bone buckle fragment
Over half of a Roman bone buckle. It consists of a simple oval cycle that continues in an inner parchment. The shape derives from a copy of a type of bronze commonly known by a number of early Roman sites. This type of object normally has a bronze brooch, which has been lost. Mid-1st century A.D.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/8.1
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: from fortress pit
Acquisition
donation, 2/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:43.0
height / mm:34.5
thickness / mm:7.0
Material
Bone
Location
in collections
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